Railway rail



Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED *STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.ANGELO F. RUGGIERO, F GOLD CREEK, MONTANA.

RAILWAY RAIL.

Application tiled January 8, 1925. Serial No. 1,221.

' points therealong vare provided with outstanding plates adapted to be positioned directly above the ties so that the rail in itself constitutes a combined rail and tie plate resulting in material economy in production yet at the same time possessing the same degree of efficiency now obtained by the use of the separate tie plates.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a rail of this kind provided with means whereby the proper spacing' of the ties is assured or in other words my invention embodies a rail provided with means whereby improper spacing of the ties is prevented.

An additional object of the invention is vto provide a rail embodying means whereby the rail when spiked or fastened to the ties is prevented from creeping.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved railway rail whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will not proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a fragmentary view in perspective of a rail constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of my improved rail as herein disclosed;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in top plan illustrating a trackway consisting of rails constructed in accordance with an embodi ment of my invention.

. Asdisclosed in the accompanying drawings, t denotes a railway rail of a standard type wherein each of the base ianges l at points spaced longitudinally thereof is provided with the outstanding plates l2. Each of these plates 2 is of a length substantially equal to the width of a tie and in building a tracltway, each of the plates 2 is disposed directly upon a tie.` This is of particular advantage as it assures a proper' spacing of the ties and also assures a fixed number of ties being employed in connection with a rail of a given size.

The standard rails now employed are thirty-three feet in-length and the upper surface of each of the ties approximatelyV y eight inches in width. In the present e1nbodiment of my invention, each of the plates 2 in practice is therefore substantially eight inches in length and adjacent plates 2 are spaced apart approximately twelve inches thereby assuringa single rail R mounted upon twenty cross ties. It is to be understood, however, that I do not wish to limit myself to this particular spacing of the plates 2 or to the particular length of a plate as hereinbefore given as it is to be understood that such features are highly dependent upon the length of a rail together with the desired spacing of the ties employed in connection with such rail.

The plate 2 adjacent each end of the rail R is spaced from such end a distance substantially equal to one-third the distance between adjacent plates 2 or a little less than four inches when the rail is thirty-three feet in length. This particular location of an end plate 2 assures the requisite spacing to effect a joint.

Each of the plates 2 extends outwardly from the adjacent flange 1 preferably not less than two inches and each of these tie plates 2 at its junction with a base flange is provided with a pair of spaced spike openings 3.

Each plate2 at one side of a rail is in transverse alignment with a plate 2 at the opposite side of the rail and the under surfaces of said transversely aligned plates 2 and the bottom faces of the lianges 1 are flush or coplanar and therefore there is an increased contacting surface with each tie thereby aifording the same advantages and efficiency obtained by the use of the separable tie plates now generally employed. Furthermore, these plates 2 operate effec-J titl ill

tively to prevent the rail from cutting into the tie and thereby materially prolonging the life of a tie.

A rail constructed in accordance with the presentembodiment of my invention is highly economical both from the standpoint of material and of labor as such rail avoids the use of the separable tie plates and also avoids the labor necessary to place such separable tie plates. Furthermore, my improved rail together with the associated ties particularly through the medium of the plates 2 is prevented from creeping as there is an effective connection between the rail and each of the ties.

It is estimated that with my improved rail a traclmvay can be built which is approximately one hundred per cent better than the traekivays as new constructed.

From the foregoing description it is throught to be obvious that a railway rail constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly Well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility With which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification Without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason l do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim t- A track structure comprising, in combination, ties and rails resting thereon, each of said rails having its base flanges at spaced points lengthwise thereof provided With outstanding plates, a plate at each side of the rail being transversely aligned with a plate at the opposite side of the rail, each set of transversely aligned plates resting directly upon a tie, said plates being of a length substantially the same as the Width of the tie, each of said plates at its junction with a base flange being provided With spike openings.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

ANGELO F. RUGGIERO. 

